Jesko Raffin


Jesko Raffin is a Swiss motorcycle racer. He currently competes in the Moto2 World Championship with RW Racing GP. He was the FIM CEV Moto2 champion in 2014 and 2018.

Career

Raffin made his debut in the Moto2 World Championship in with GP Team Switzerland as a replacement for the injured Randy Krummenacher; in three races he had an 18th place at Sepang as best finish.
After winning the CEV Moto2 Championship in 2014, in 2015 Raffin was back to the Moto2 World Championship as a full-time rider, competing with a Kalex for the Sports-Millions–Emwe–SAG team. He failed to score championship points, as his best result was 17th place, obtained in third occasions—Indianapolis, Motegi and Phillip Island. Raffin remained with the same team for 2016. He achieved his first Grand Prix points at Jerez with a 14th place and a best result of 8th at Sachsenring.
In 2017, Raffin switched to the Garage Plus Interwetten team from his home country Switzerland. He collected 26 points and finished 20th in the standings. Raffin did not find a ride for the 2018 season, but was recalled by his former SAG team as a replacement rider for six of the final seven races after Isaac Viñales parted ways with the team prematurely. In six races, Raffin achieved 10 points and 22nd in the standings.
In 2019, Raffin joined the inaugural MotoE World Cup with the German Dynavolt Intact GP team. He collected 47 points and finished the season in 8th. Raffin also had eight replacement rider entries in the Moto2 season, one with the Intact GP team and seven with RW Racing GP. Having impressed in his replacement entries with RW, Raffin was signed by the team to make his full-time return to Moto2 for 2020.

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

* Season still in progress.

By class

* 2020 season still in progress.

Races by year

YearClassBike12345678910111213141516171819PosPts
Moto2KalexQATSPAPORFRACATGBRNEDGERITAINDCZERSMARA
27		JPN
28		MAL
18		AUSVALNC0
2015Moto2KalexQAT
22		AME
24		ARG
28		SPA
25		FRA
24		ITA
23		CAT
24		NED
21		GER
21		IND
17		CZE
26		GBR
21		RSM
Ret		ARA
20		JPN
17		AUS
17		MAL
21		VAL
24		NC0
2016Moto2KalexQAT
18		ARG
23		AME
21		SPA
14		FRA
23		ITA
26		CAT
DNS		NED
18		GER
8		AUT
24		CZE
24		GBR
17		RSM
15		ARA
20		JPN
17		AUS
13		MAL
16		VAL
17		25th14
2017Moto2KalexQAT
14		ARG
13		AME
21		SPA
20		FRA
23		ITA
23		CAT
23		NED
17		GER
16		CZE
29		AUT
18		GBR
27		RSM
9		ARA
23		JPN
25		AUS
4		MAL
15		VAL
21		20th26
2018Moto2KalexQATARGAMESPAFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRRSM
15		ARA
23		THAJPN
20		AUS
8		MAL
19		VAL
15		22nd10
2019Moto2NTSQAT
14		ARG
15		AME
16		SPAFRAITACATNEDGERCZEAUTGBRRSMTHA
21		JPN
19		AUS
13		MAL
20		VAL27th6
2019Moto2KalexARA
20		27th6
2019MotoEEnergicaGER
13		AUT
9		RSM1
4		RSM2
7		VAL1
7		VAL2
10		8th47
2020Moto2NTSQAT
23		SPA
21		ANC
DNS		CZE
AUT
STY
RSM
EMI
CAT
FRA
ARA
TER
EUR
VAL
THA
MAL
ARG
NC*0*

* Season still in progress.